casablanca

 I haven't reviewed Casablanca until now because I've assumed that most of you have already seen it. But I do have to remind myself that some of you are young enough not to have gotten around to watching an old black and white movie like this one. 

This is one of my all time favorites. It's beautiful. It's quotable. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." And "Here's lookin at you, kid." But, believe it or not, no one actually says, "Play it again, Sam." That, like "Luke, I am your father" and "I'll be your huckleberry" are misremembered lines that were never spoken in the movie.

There's a hero fighting Nazis. There's a woman in love with the hero but also in love with the anti-hero. There are double crosses. There are traditions and they are broken, sometimes two in one evening.

If you haven't seen it, watch it. It's a masterpiece.